A Comparison of Reading Comprehension Processes in Good and Poor Comprehenders.

REVIEWS SELECTED STUDIES in the area of reading comprehension in order to characterize the differential strategies that skilled and less skilled comprehenders employ. The research reviewed is organized into 3 broad components: 1) decoding, 2) assessing the meaning of single printed words, and 3) text organization processes or obtaining meaning from larger stretches of text. Results from various studies suggest that good and poor comprehenders differ primarily in the first and third components. Speculations are offered on the interrelationships between these components and their effect on reading comprehension processes.

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